Debbie
Menoher is Director of Research for the University of Florida
Foundation, which she has held since 1996. During her tenure, UF
completed an $850 million dollar capital campaign, and UF is
currently in a $1.5 billion dollar campaign. Prior to UF, she led
the research department for The Pennsylvania State University. In
her former profession, she was a business librarian for the Carnegie
Library of Pittsburgh. She is one of the founding members of the
Association of Prospect Researchers for Advancement (APRA) Florida
chapter and served as President, Vice President and Program
Director. She has been a member of APRA International since 1990
and served on many committees. She was director-at-large for the
Association of Fund Raising Professionals (AFP) Arredondo Chapter,
and was past president of ARMA (records management) North Central
Florida Chapter. She was a speaker at the AFP Planet Philanthropy
Conference 2010, and served as a faculty member for the Council for
Advancement of Education (CASE) Summer Institute for Advancement
Services 2005. She is often a guest speaker for UF's College of
Journalism philanthropy courses. She holds a bachelor's degree in
community development from Penn State and a master's degree in
library science from the University of Pittsburgh.